Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Padampur

Assembly constituency 123 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#123 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors89,504

Votes polled24,726

Turnout27.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBir Bikramaditya Singh BarihaJanata Party15,26063.6% of votes

MARGIN7,359 votes · 29.8 pp15,260 − 7,901

Runner-upSatyanarayan Panigrahi Indian National Congress7,90132.9% of votes

JNP 65.9% of top-two votesINC 34.1%

All candidates 3

01 Bir Bikramaditya Singh BarihaJNP15,260 63.6%
02 Satyanarayan PanigrahiINC7,901 32.9%
03 Choudhary SahooIND842 3.5%

Turnout 27.6%

Male 45,16650.5% Female 44,33849.5%

Share of 89,504 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males982
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 24,003Residual 723

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
5.8 pp
Bikram Keshari ArukhaBiju Janata Dal
2014
21.6 pp
Bikram Keshari ArukhaBiju Janata Dal
2009
62.0 pp
Bikram Keshari ArukhaBiju Janata Dal
2004
2.5 pp
Satya Bhusan SahuIndian National Congress
2000
8.2 pp
Bijaya Singh BarihaBiju Janata Dal
1995
15.0 pp
Bijaya Ranjan Singh BarihaJanata Dal
1990
40.3 pp
Bijaya Ranjan Singh BarihaJanata Dal
1985
42.7 pp
Satyabhusan SahuIndian National Congress
1980
14.3 pp
Satya Bhusan SahuIndian National Congress
1977
29.8 pp
Bir Bikramaditya Singh BarihaJanata Party
1974
18.3 pp
Krupasindhu BhoiIndian National Congress
1971
18.4 pp
Ignace MajhiJharkhand Party
1967
7.7 pp
P.BhagatSwatantra Party
1961
16.8 pp
Mohapatra NityanandaIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 62.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 93.7% of votes; the other 1 candidate 3.4% between them.
(15,260 + 7,901) ÷ 24,726 = 93.7% · 842 ÷ 24,726 = 3.4%
Turnout of 27.6% was 14.2 pp below the state's median seat (41.8%).
27.6 − 41.8 = −14.2
The margin widened from 18.3 pp in 1974 to 29.8 pp.
29.8 − 18.3 = +11.5 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 1974, JNP in 1977.
1974 INC · 1977 JNP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines24,003
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled24,726
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 723

Candidate votes miss the published total by 723, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1977 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 147 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1977 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database